Los grupos interactivos como estrategia de mejora en la formación inicial de los futuros docentes de matemáticas en el doble grado de CAFyD y Educación Primaria

Abstract

The aim of this proposal is to present a Thesis Project, which is currently under developmentwithin the PhD Programme in Education at University of Deusto. Its main purpose is to analyze the effectof Interactive Groups, as a teaching-learning approach, on pre-service Mathematics teachers’ attitudestowards mathematics and professional identity.For that purpose, the research sample will consist of students from the double degree in PhysicalActivity and Sports Science and Primary Education, enrolled in the one-semester subject Didactics ofMathematics during the academic year 2019-2020. The student group will be divided into two subsamples.On the one hand, the quasi-experimental group, which will participate in Interactive Groups oncea week; and on the other hand, the control group, which will continue receiving conventional lessons inthe subject.The research hypotheses are as follows:— The strategy based on Interactive Groups provokes a positive change in the pre-service Mathematicsteachers’ professional identity.— The strategy based on Interactive Groups has a positive effect on pre-service MathematicsTeachers’ attitudes towards mathematics.In order to gather information and data regarding the aforementioned variables (that is, professionalidentity and attitudes towards mathematics) several quantitative and qualitative instruments andtechniques will be used in different measurement points during the project: interviews, methaphors andtheir drawings, questionnaires and scales.Finally, results and conclusions will be disseminated through several transfer activities, such as thelecture in seminars aimed at pre-service teachers (from Degree and/or Master’s degree) and the submissionof at least one article to a indexed journal.